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Another little something for the Firefly fans:

Blood Upon Copper by Seth Lakeman.

I was going OMG FIREFLY SONG as soon as the opening played.

Then there was the refrain

Working in the darkness day by day,
With nothin` but the dreams to light my way.

And. Just. YES. DOWNLOAD NOW.

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HOly shit it's cold today.

Been to the doctor and they're doing a positive barrage of blood tests on me (okay, maybe five or six. I've just always wanted the excuse to say 'barrage'.) I now have cotton wool strapped to my arm and am deflated down one side.

Basically he's eliminating all other options before he says yes, yes you're right, it's IBS. He did seem concerned that my periods ain't ever been regular, and is testing various things about that, too. Fun fun fun. I have some medicationy stuff, and now I'm pottering off to bed for a bit, I think. I'll see y'all shortly no doubt. :)

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I'm going to assume, here, that everyone has heard 'Wonderwall' by Oasis. Even if you haven't I'm afraid I can't provide it as means for comparison because I don't actually like Oasis.

However, I do have two versions of Wonderwall which are both completely different to the original, in entirely opposite ways, and they're completely brilliant.

Wonderwall by Paul Anka.

All I know about Paul Anka is what my dad told me - apparently he used to write for Frank Sinatra, people like that. In any case, dad allowed me to copy a CD of his, which has such gems as 'Eye of the Tiger', 'Everybody Hurts' and 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' in lounge style. And, of course, this.

Wonderwall by Ryan Adams

Ryan Adams makes beautiful country music, his song 'New York New York' is one of the songs that makes me grin absolutely without fail any time it comes onto my playlist. This is a beautiful, quiet sad version.

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HA I JUST ATE PIZZA!

And it was soooooooo goooooooood.

Now we shall see if it takes revenge.




On a completely different subject - old, craggy actors who still look like they could kick your arse. I'm drawing a comparative blank. Help me out here?



On another other note, GIP. Inspired by shati, made by dopplegl.

*geek*

Upon reading Lamb

I think everyone assumes that God is the same nationality as them.

ms_ntropy and I were talking, once, and she mentioned that Americans do religion so fervently because they had to do what the English do bigger, better and louder. And that just reminds me of Good Omens:

"No, when it came to avoiding going to church, the church he stolidly avoided going to was St Cecil and All Angels, no nonsense C of E, and he wouldn't have dreamed of avoiding going to any other. All the others had the wrong smell - floor polish for the Low, somewhat suspicious incense for the High. Deep in the leather armchair of his soul, Mr Young knew that God got embarrassed at that sort of thing."

I picture an American God as fat, covered in sequins - an Elvis Impersonator Big Daddy. I imagine an English God, the Church of England God, as pleasantly befuddled and somewhat old-fashioned and not very excitable about anything, really. Neither of them are how I see God, but I'm not sure how that is.

Morality is sometimes argued to be subjective. And in some cases, sure. Maybe it is a product of how you're brought up, what you're taught. But Christopher Moore, who wrote Lamb, says this in the Afterword:

"While there are astounding similarities between the teachings of Jesus and those of Buddha (not to mention Lao-Tzu, Confucius, and the Hindu religion, all of which seem to have included some version of the Golden Rule), it's more likely that these stem from what I believe to be logical and moral conclusions that any person in search of what is right would come to..."

I think there are things that are just better than others. That there is something, outside of ourselves, that can be referred to as 'good'. And that's quite reassuring. (It's what I try to put across through Aziraphael inna bar a lot, too.)

I think... the most important part of what Jesus said - regardless of whether you think he was the Son Of God or not, which I don't, and which moreover I think is unimportant (but that's a whole other argument) - is to treat others as you want to be treated. Love your neighbour as you love yourself.

Okay, I'm not so big on the loving myself - maybe that's the part I need to be working on. But it's something so very basic and fundamental; regardless of how the world treats you, treat them as you want to be treated. Try to teach by example, and if they don't learn from it that's their problem, not yours. That's the part that matters, in my opinion.


Sorry for the ramble - I was advised to sort out my beliefs because my head is a mess; I need to know what I believe so that an area is organised. I don't have to find a group to identify with, but at least I should know enough that I would recognise people who thought the same as me if I found them.

Anyway, this is a start of sorting, which would explain the random nature and incoherence. I don't talk about what I believe very often, but I always find it interesting in others. I wanted to be a theologian; I wish I'd stuck to my guns and done the degree.